Filed under: Books, Conferences, Korea, Navy, Understanding Battles, WWII | Tags: Ardant du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Joseph, Christopher Hamner, Conrad Crane, John Hosler, John Lewis Gaddes, Jonathan Schanzer, Joseph Frechette, Julius Caesar, Keith Bird, Kelly DeVries, Raymond Ibrahim, Roy Appleman, Stephen Bourque, Trent Hone, Ulysses S. Grant, William Donnelly
While my own schedule has changed to preclude much attendance, I’m still a big supporter….
Place: Athena Pallas Greek Restaurant
556 22nd Street, South, Arlington, VA 22202
Menu: Order from the regular menu
Schedule: 5:30 Gathering
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Discussion
Cost: $35
September 17, 2019
Hone, Trent. Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1945. 2018.
Speaker: Keith W. Bird, Chancellor-Emeritus, Kentucky Community and Technical College System
October 15, 2019
Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu. Washington, D.C., 1962.
Speaker: William M. Donnelly, U.S. Army Center of Military History
November 19, 2019
Hosler, John D. The Siege of Acre, 1189–1191: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade. 2018.
Speaker: Kelly DeVries, Professor of History, Loyola University Maryland
January 21, 2020
Gaddis, John Lewis. On Grand Strategy. 2018.
Speaker: Tom Keaney, senior fellow, Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins Univ, SAIS
February 18, 2020
Grant, Ulysses S. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. The Complete Annotated Edition. Ed. John F. Marszalek et al. 2017.
Speaker: Christopher Hamner, Associate Professor, Dept. of History and Art History, George Mason University March 17, 2020
March 17, 2020
Ibrahim, Raymond. Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War Between Islam and the West. 2018.
Speaker: Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
April 21, 2020
du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant. Battle Studies. Translated and edited by Roger J. Spiller. 2017.
Speaker: Jennie Kiesling, Professor of History and Head Novice Rowing Coach, United States Military Academy
May 19, 2020
Bourque, Stephen Alan. Beyond the Beach: The Allied War Against France. 2018.
Speaker: Conrad Crane, Chief of Historical Services, US Army Heritage and Education Center
June 16, 2020
Julius Caesar, The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works: Gallic War, Civil War, Alexandrian War, African War, and the Spanish War. Kurt A. Raaflaub and Robert B. Strassler, eds. 2017.
Speaker: Joseph Frechette, Staff historian, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
We're not lost, Sergeant, We're in ... France 